Khabib vs Connor UFC 229.

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Khabib vs Connor UFC 229. 

Post#1 » by GoRapstheoriginal » Fri Aug 3, 2018 9:33 pm

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Post#2 » by Duke4life831 » Fri Aug 3, 2018 9:39 pm

Finally! Love the fight. Only 2 months away
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Post#3 » by Headliner » Fri Aug 3, 2018 9:40 pm

Awesome!
I’m glad this fight is going down.

I expect Khabib to win, but Conor has some of the best striking in the sport and khabib has some of the poorest standup Defense in the game.
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Post#4 » by duppyy » Fri Aug 3, 2018 9:50 pm

So happy. Finally happening.

Fight can go either way really.
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Post#5 » by Nemesis21 » Fri Aug 3, 2018 11:47 pm

I got $10 on Khabib
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Post#6 » by goodboy » Sat Aug 4, 2018 12:35 am

KHABIB TIME
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Post#7 » by REDDzone » Sat Aug 4, 2018 1:15 am

Not a fan of either guy really, but excited for the fight. This had to be made.
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Post#8 » by Jasen777 » Sat Aug 4, 2018 4:55 am

duppyy wrote:Finally happening.


Too soon.
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Post#12 » by Jasen777 » Sat Aug 4, 2018 6:06 pm

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Khabib has faced tougher foes.

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Post#13 » by Headliner » Sat Aug 4, 2018 7:54 pm

The winner of this fight VS GSP is at NY is going to be a MONSTER event. I’m so excited for these next two fights, they are two of the most exciting matchups in the ufc.
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Post#14 » by Duke4life831 » Sat Aug 4, 2018 8:22 pm

Headliner wrote:The winner of this fight VS GSP is at NY is going to be a MONSTER event. I’m so excited for these next two fights, they are two of the most exciting matchups in the ufc.


Calling it now, GSP wins then vacates the title, then moves to WW to fight Till for the belt and wins, then vacates that title haha.
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Post#15 » by Duke4life831 » Sat Aug 4, 2018 8:28 pm

UFC better promote the crap out of this fight. This has to be one of the easiest fights to promote in the history of the UFC. The super brash and outgoing Conor vs the stoic Russian. The massive bus incident, use Khabib's "send me location" thing, show Conor going to court. Highlights of Conor KOing guys and khabib throwing and just destroying guys. Hell even throw in the tape of Khabib wrestling the bear as a kid to really play up the crazy Russian angle. I really hope the UFC doesnt just assume this fight will sell itself (even though it will). This is a huge chance for them to really make some noise again in the casual sports world. Im surprised they arent doing a world tour to promote this thing.

Pretty much make some clips similar to this one to get people hyped

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Post#16 » by Headliner » Sat Aug 4, 2018 9:13 pm

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Headliner wrote:The winner of this fight VS GSP is at NY is going to be a MONSTER event. I’m so excited for these next two fights, they are two of the most exciting matchups in the ufc.


Calling it now, GSP wins then vacates the title, then moves to WW to fight Till for the belt and wins, then vacates that title haha.

Omg I want this now lol
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Post#17 » by goodboy » Sat Aug 4, 2018 9:53 pm

Duke4life831 wrote:UFC better promote the crap out of this fight. This has to be one of the easiest fights to promote in the history of the UFC. The super brash and outgoing Conor vs the stoic Russian. The massive bus incident, use Khabib's "send me location" thing, show Conor going to court. Highlights of Conor KOing guys and khabib throwing and just destroying guys. Hell even throw in the tape of Khabib wrestling the bear as a kid to really play up the crazy Russian angle. I really hope the UFC doesnt just assume this fight will sell itself (even though it will). This is a huge chance for them to really make some noise again in the casual sports world. Im surprised they arent doing a world tour to promote this thing.

Pretty much make some clips similar to this one to get people hyped


Even 2 months away, they have so much leverage they can garnish to promote the heck of this fight. Way too much ammo to not be the biggest main event in ufc history.

Heck they can even use their old tweets when they were being friendly and nice on twitter years back lol.
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Post#18 » by Duke4life831 » Sat Aug 4, 2018 10:13 pm

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Duke4life831 wrote:UFC better promote the crap out of this fight. This has to be one of the easiest fights to promote in the history of the UFC. The super brash and outgoing Conor vs the stoic Russian. The massive bus incident, use Khabib's "send me location" thing, show Conor going to court. Highlights of Conor KOing guys and khabib throwing and just destroying guys. Hell even throw in the tape of Khabib wrestling the bear as a kid to really play up the crazy Russian angle. I really hope the UFC doesnt just assume this fight will sell itself (even though it will). This is a huge chance for them to really make some noise again in the casual sports world. Im surprised they arent doing a world tour to promote this thing.

Pretty much make some clips similar to this one to get people hyped


Even 2 months away, they have so much leverage they can garnish to promote the heck of this fight. Way too much ammo to not be the biggest main event in ufc history.

Heck they can even use their old tweets when they were being friendly and nice on twitter years back lol.


Oh ya. Start off with the tweets of them propping each other up, Conor back in the day saying he wants to take the 155 belt and he thinks Khabib is going to be the guy that he would have to take it from. Promoting anything with Conor is easy because the dude as on the Rock's level of promotion, its ridiculous.

If Im the UFC, Im paying fox sports and ESPN to talk about this on their shows at least 3 days a week till the fight, then every day of the week leading up to it. They want to make up for the lack of PPV buys this year and go strong heading into the start of the ESPN deal. This fight can be a game changer for them.
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Post#19 » by spykelee » Sat Aug 4, 2018 10:33 pm

Somebody will get injured. You guys know we can't get excited for big fights.

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Post#20 » by SichtingLives » Sat Aug 4, 2018 10:42 pm

spykelee wrote:Somebody will get injured. You guys know we can't get excited for big fights.

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